Sash-holder.



e. A. BEHRMANN.

S-ASH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1916.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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i i ii GUSTAV A. JBEHRMANN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SASI-I-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent- Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed January 5, i916. Serial No. 70,349.

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, GUSTAV A. Burm- MANN, a citizen of Germany, and a resident of New York city,,in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specificatiom This invention relates to a sash holder of novel construction, which may be readily manipulated and by means of which the partly open position.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side view of a sash holder embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a front-view, and Fig. 3, a top view thereof.

From the side of the window frame 1, extends abracket 2, to which is provided at 3, a hand lever 4. This lever has a bent or laterally deflected section 5 below the bracket, sothat while its main body extends vin closeproximity to the window frame; its

upper section is spaced therefrom, so as to face one of the stiles 6 of the upper sash 7 This. upper section constitutes an arm 8, which extends upwardly and outwardly toward the sash. On pivot 3 there turns likewise, an arm or member 9, that extends downwardly and outwardly and thus diverges from the upper arm 8 of lever 41;. In tubular sockets of arms 8 and 9, there is held, a resilient metal rod 10, the upper endof which is curved outwardly to face the window, and here-carries a ball 11, which may be sprung by the rod into engagement with either oneof a plurality of sockets 12 that are aflixed to stile 6 at different elevations, two "of such sockets being shown, though their number may be increased at pleasure. Near its lower end, rod 10 is grasped by a holder 13 extending laterally from window frame 1, and forming in effect, a fulcrum, on which rod 10 may be bent by hand lever 4. The latter is held in its retracted position, by means of a suitable stop 14, and may be hook shaped at its lower end as shown.

Normally, the upper curved end of rod 10 will be projected outward or against the window, in such a manner that ball 11 will become seated within one of the sockets 12,

. and thus securely hold the sash at any elevation to which it has been set. When it is desired to release the sash, lever 4 is forced with its lower end outward (dotted lines Fig. 1) so that arms 8 and 9, will bend the upper portion of rod 10 inward or away from the window in a vertical plane eXtending at right angles to the plane of the window, so that in thi sway, ball 11 will vacate the socket. After the sash has been moved to the position desired, the hand lever is again released, whereupon ball 11 will by the resiliency of rod 10, be projected into that socket 12 which has now been brought into alinement therewith, so that in this way, the sash will become securely sustained in its new position.

I claim:

A sash holder. comprising a resilient bar having an outwardly extending upper end, aball carried by said end, a socket on the upper window sash adapted to be engaged by the ball, a bracket secured to the window frame. a lever pivoted to the bracket. an arm likewise pivoted to the bracket and diverging from the upper end of the lever, said lever and arm engaging the rod near its upper end and a holder that engages the lower end of said rod.

GUSTAV A. BEHRMANN. 

